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Code Kəʊd Written Number System Computer Noun Break/Crack

Word3 code
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /kəʊd/ /kəʊd/
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  • to break/crack a code (= to understand and read the message)
  • it's written in code.
  • in the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
  • tap your code number into the machine.
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code

(noun)/kəʊd/ /kəʊd/
  1. a system of words, letters, numbers or symbols that represent a message or record information secretly or in a shorter form
    • SEE ALSO area code
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/area-code
    • to break/crack a code (= to understand and read the message)
    • It's written in code.
    • In the event of the machine not operating correctly, an error code will appear.
    • Tap your code number into the machine.
    • The code was difficult to crack.
  2. the numbers that are used for a particular town, area or country, in front of an individual phone number
    • There are three codes for London.
  3. a system of computer programming instructions
    • SEE ALSO machine code
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/machine-code
    • Bill wrote the computer code for the project.
    • malicious code that will infect your computer
    • You only need to add a few lines of code.
  4. a set of moral principles or rules of behaviour that are generally accepted by society or a social group
    • SEE ALSO honour code
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/honour-code
    • The school enforces a strict code of conduct.
    • a code of ethics
    • She lives by her own moral code.

    Extra Examples

    • Knights in the Middle Ages had a strong code of honour.
    • Many schoolchildren have a very strong code of honour.
    • There was a rigid code of honour associated with the cult.
    • There should be a clear ethical code for researchers working with human subjects.
    • A long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour governs relations between ministers and civil servants.
    • There is an unwritten code that says ‘Do not date your best friend's ex’.
  5. a system of laws or written rules that state how people in an institution or a country should behave
    • SEE ALSO dress code
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dress-code
    • The law includes amendments to the penal code.
    • The castle did not comply with modern building codes and was not accessible to the disabled.

    Extra Examples

    • The company has drawn up a new disciplinary code.
    • The Supreme Council adopted a new criminal code.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: via Old French from Latin codex, codic- literally ‘block of wood’, later denoting a block split into leaves or tablets for writing on, hence a book. The term originally denoted a systematic collection of statutes made by Justinian or another of the later Roman emperors; compare with sense (5) (mid 18th cent.), the earliest modern sense.
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